§ Read a second time, and committed to the Select Committee on the Metropolis Management Acts (No. 2) Bill.
§ Ordered, That all Petitions against the Bill, presented not later than three clear days before the sitting of the Committee, be referred to the Committee; and that such of the Petitioners as pray to be heard by themselves, their Counsel, or Agents, be heard against the Bill, and Counsel heard in support of the Bill.
§ Ordered, That it be an instruction to the Committee that they have power to consolidate 100 this Bill and the Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (No. 2) Bill into one Bill.